Collar-support.



UITED STATES PATENT.

MEY B. SWEIGAT, LEWXSTOWN, PENSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F Ul\1`EHALF TU A H.VJ.. SWEIGART, OF LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

To ail Awhom 1' t may concern Be it known that I, MARY B. Swnioen'r, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lewistown, in the county ofMifdin and State of Pennsylvania., have invented a new and usefulCollar-Support, of which the following is a specification.

The device formin the subject-matter of this ap lication, is a aptcd tobe employed for stiiizning and supporting e coller transversely.

The invention aims to provide :t nove form of gripping element,copereting with the hody'portion of the device in engaging the collar,and tocprovide a slidable member of novel and improved form, controllingthe action of the grippingelement.

The invention aims so to construct the gripping element, that the sememay be securely attached to the body; and so to construct the slidablemember that the same will have the desired resiliency in itsintermediate portion, and the desired stiffness et its body-engagingends, means beino provided whereby said member will afford suiiin cientfrctionel contact with the gripping y element, whereby the slidablemember will be held by the gripping element, at points elon the grippingelement.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which Will appear es thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the com* bination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thet changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope ofwhat is claimed .Without de parting from the spirit oil the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows the invention in frontelevation; Fig. 2 is a ragmental edge elevation; -Fig. 3 is n frogmentelrear elevation; Fig. 4 is e frag mental longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is'e perspective of the slidzibly mounted memberwhich uciuetes thegripping element; and Fig. 6 is a" plan of the blank trom which thegripping element is forme In carrying out the invention there isprovided es primary element, e body l, the same consisting of e datstrip o'f'eelluloid, sheety metal, or other resilient ineteriel. In the.body i, adjacent the ends thereof, there are openings 2,' and grippingelements are provided, the sameheving Specification ofv Letters Patent.nppueeuon inea December ee, 1911.

one tace of the body l, as shown at l5.

tongue ll Which projects from the periph-v Pe-tented iii 2*? itili.,serial no. senese.

parts which enter the openings, to engage :he coller. Since thesegripping elements ure duplicntes, but one of them Will be described.

Each gripping element, by the numeral 3, includes a tapered shenlr 4,provided et one end with e transverse head 5, :trom which ontstondprongs 6, the same being bent rectangularly with respect to the grippingelement, as shown et T, es to enter the openings 2 in the body l, and toeoperate with ,such openings in engaging the collar, es will beunderstood readily. At one end, the shank Llof the grip ving element 3is provided .with a lateral eniargem'ent 8, preferably of circulercontour. in this lateral enlargement 8 a' U-sheped slit 9 is formed, theseme defining e tongue l0. Projecting from the pcripheijT of theenlargement 8, in elineinent with the shank 4l, and oppositely disposedtherefrom, is another tongue il. in the body l, openings 12 and 14:arevfashioned. The tongue 1C' which is struelrfroni the enlargement 8,is extended through the opening l2, and clenched upon denoted generallyery of the enlargement 8, is extended through the other opening le, undclenched upon the body i, ns shown et i6, the clenchedv ends 15 and 16oi' the respective tongues being extended toward each other, as will bemost clearly obseried in Fig. 4

The inrention further' includes slidable compression.member, denotedgenerally by the numeral l?, the compression member l? cooperating withthe gripping element 3, to cause the prongs 6 thereof to enter theopenings 2, the construction of the gripping-element being such, esshown in Fig. t., that the tree end ot the gripping element eivay fromthebody i, to WithdrawT the prongs 6 from the penings 2. The slid- 4nblecompression member lf'fincludes e, lat

eral enlargement, or body, denoted by the numeral 18, the bodypreferably being of circuliucontour. Projecting from opposite edges ofthe body 1S ere arms 19 of tapered construction, the arms 19 terminatingin hooks Q0 which engage slidnbly 'with the let eral edges ci" the bodyl.

Wing to the fact that the enlargement 18 is provided in the grippingelement 3, the tongue .l0 may be' struck from the gripping The .standselement, without unduly weakening the grip- I `infr element. Moreoversince this or1 ping element terminates in the enlargement 8, thegripping element will be prevented from moving transversely, withrespect to the body 1, when the tongues 10 and l1 are engaged 'throughthe body. p

The laterally enlarged, bod y portion 18 of `the slidable compressionmember 1-7, is

adapted to move along the shank 4 of the gripping element 3. Owing tothe reletively large area afforded by the body portion 18 of theconipression member, the compression member will have sufficientrictional Contact with the shank portion l of the gril'iping element, sothat the compression member 17 will be held rictionally at any pointalong the shank, it being understood7 of course, that the. compressionmember 17 is advanced toward the `prongs 6, for the purpose of causingthe prongs (i to enter the openings 2, and to cooperate with theopenings 2 in engaging the collar.

The arms 19 of thecompression member 17 are narrowest adjacent the body18. Owing to this construction, the compression -member WillA have thedesired resiliency.

The arms 19 are widest adjacent the hooks 20, and by reason of thisfact, the compres sion member 17 will be strengthened and stili'enedin-its hooked portions 20, so that these portions may engage rigidly,and Without bending, with the lateral edges of the body 1. Y'

' Having thus described the invent-ion, what 1 is claimed is :ly In acollar support', a body; a gripping lelement coperating at one end withthe l body in engaging the collar, the gripping i element including ashank, formed at one l rnd with a lateral enlargement, from which lenlargement a tongue is struck, the enlargement serving to, reinforcethe gripping elelment, to provide for the striking of the 1 tongue;there being another tongue project'- i ing from the periphery of theenlargement, E both tongues being extended through, and l clenched uponthe body; and a member hav- I ing terminal hooks slidably engaged withthe edges of the body, said member including a central portion slidablyengaged with l thcshank, the central portion being laterally ienlarged,to increase the friction between y said member and the shank, therebeing tal pered arms. projecting from the central por- L tion7 at theends of which, said hooks are l formed, the -arms being narrowestadjacent l the central portion, to alford resiliency, and being Widestadjacent the hooks, to vstiften the hooks.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l harchereto atlixed.my signature i in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY B. SWEIGART.

Witnesses EMMA STUMP, MAME CLARK lil)

